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Aerial pipeline leak detection

Finding leaks from the air, before they become incidents.

A buried line gives its first warning at the surface. We fly the corridor with sensor-equipped drones, process what comes back, and put every detection in front of the crew who can act on it.

A thermal anomaly, a hydrocarbon plume, stressed vegetation, a wet spot on the right of way — these show up from the air long before a pressure signature is unambiguous. Programmed flight lines mean the corridor gets surveyed on a schedule rather than when somebody has time.

Every detection is pinned to the exact location on the line, so a finding becomes a work order instead of a search.

  • Programmed corridor patrol — repeatable flight lines along the right of way, flown on a schedule.
  • Gas & thermal payloads — optical gas imaging, thermal and multispectral sensing for hydrocarbon and temperature anomalies.
  • Automated anomaly detection — imagery processed to flag seeps, wet spots, vegetation stress, exposed pipe and unauthorised encroachment.
  • Georeferenced findings — every detection tied to pipeline stationing and routed with its imagery to the responsible crew.
  • Change detection over time — repeat passes compared against the baseline to catch slowly developing leaks.
  • Correlated with the control room — aerial findings cross-checked against pressure and flow imbalance.
GRADE BURIED LINE STA 12 STA 24 STA 36 PROGRAMMED FLIGHT LINE ANOMALY FLAGGED STA 24 + 40 · OGI + THERMAL ROUTED TO FIELD CREW PASS COMPARED AGAINST BASELINE FOR CHANGE OVER TIME

Schematic — drone corridor leak survey

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